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Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Finland, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Finland. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Finland are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Finland. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Finlands Top 10 Attractions

Discover Finlands unique attractions exciting adventure activities, absorbing museums, vast empty landscapes, indigenous culture. Here, at a glance, are our recommendations.

Top Attraction 1

Karelia and Russian Orthodox history . Much of present-day Finnish Karelia was once a part of Russia, and the churches, monasteries, museums and frontier-running bunkers evoke a strong sense of history, beauty and for Finnish people, at least immense nostalgia. For more information, .

Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications

Top Attraction 2

Taking a sauna . Spending time broiling in a sauna and then cooling off by jumping into a nearby lake or the sea is a Finnish national pastime and favoured tradition. An invitation from a Finn to his or her sauna is not one to turn down it means you have made headway to a close and lasting friendship. For more information, .

VisitFinland

Top Attraction 3

Exploring Lakeland by kayak . Finland is famous for its lakes, and one of the best ways to enjoy them is by renting a kayak. For more information, .

VisitFinland

Top Attraction 4

Snowmobiling along the Russian border . Lapland is known for three things: Father Christmas, the Sami people, and its amazing, immense wilderness. Get to know the regions furthest reaches by hopping on a diesel-powered skidoo and taking to roads, trails and frozen lakes. For more information, .

VisitFinland

Top Attraction 5

Kiasma, Helsinki . The cutting-edge art at this excellent museum gives a strong sense of what modern-day Finland is all about. For more information, .

Joel Rosenberg/Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art & Central Art Archives

Top Attraction 6

Exploring the Baltic states . From Helsinki its easy to take a ferry to Estonia; Tallinn has a fine medieval Old Town, a lively nightlife and the lure of cheap alcohol. For more information, .

Helsinki Tourism

Top Attraction 7

Sibelius Hall in Lahti . Only one concert hall in Finland is named after the countrys greatest composer, and Lahtis world-renowned symphony orchestra is based here. For more information, .

VisitFinland/Sami Lettojrvi

Top Attraction 8

Jugend architecture in Helsinki . On the headland of the Helsinki peninsula is Katajanokka, the best-known historical part of town, with sights including the Russian Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral and architect Alvar Aaltos most controversial construction. For more information, .

Helsinki Tourism

Top Attraction 9

Biking around the land archipelago . This lush collection of islands off the western coast is one of the most enigmatic and handsome in all of Europe, and is great for exploration by bike. For more information, .

VisitFinland/Thorsten Brnner

Top Attraction 10